Gitt was born in
Stallupönen,
East Prussia. He became an engineering professor at the
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Germany's national institute for natural and engineering sciences. By the 1990s he was assuming a leadership role in the German creationist movement, through the publication of several influential creationist books. He was one of the leaders of the nondenominational
Wort und Wissen (Word and Knowledge) society, the largest creationist society in Germany. He has written articles for a creationist apologetics web site. == Works ==